From TransAtlantic, by Colum McCann
FIERCE
"A fierce wind blew across the bankside snow, kicked small eddies into the air. The trees made a dark run into the flat distance."
From Book Two, icehouse, 1863 - 89
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Daily Dose
From TransAtlantic, by Colum McCann
FIERCE
"A fierce wind blew across the bankside snow, kicked small eddies into the air. The trees made a dark run into the flat distance."
From Book Two, icehouse, 1863 - 89
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Clerihew Shouted Down an Ear-Trumpet
HARRIET MARTINEAU
Harriet Martineau
Had more art in her little toe
Than most of her male contemporaries
Had in all their vast libraries.
Daily Dose
From When We Speak of Nothing, by Olumide Popoola
MOMENTS
"The moments that are not savoured in full because they stop sooner than they unfold. Then the phone rings. You know how it is."
From Chapter 22
Friday, January 4, 2019
Clerihew for a Thin Man
DASHIELL HAMMETT
Like sour mash?
To avoid the crash,
Just don't slam it
Like Hammett.
Daily Dose
From Red Harvest, by Dashiell Hammett
WHO
"'Who do you guess killed him?'
'God knows,' he mumbled. 'Everybody's killing everybody. Where's it going to end?'"
From Chapter 18, Painter Street
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